Four days to the election, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, House of Assembly candidate in Abeokuta South State Constituency 1, Ogun State, Solomon Enilolobo, has abandoned his ambition to join the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the State.

Enilolobo announced his stepping down from the House of Assembly race scheduled for Saturday, when led his supporters to the Iperu-Remo residence of governor Dapo Abiodun.

While decamping to the APC, Enilolobo, according to a statement by the chief Press Secretary to the governor, Kunle Somorin, described the PDP in Ogun as not only lawless, but has total disregard and respect for the Rule of Law.

"PDP is a sinking ship, its wake keep had been concluded and will be finally laid to eternal rest on Saturday, March 18.

"I found out that the party is lawless, it does not obey court orders, treats the court with disdain and I knew that I can no longer stay with such a party.

“And that is why I decided with my people after several consultations and we said it is a sinking ship anyway, so, let us abandon the ship. We know that we've done the wake keep and the final burial will be done on Saturday," he was quoted to have said.

Enilolobo explained that he was the candidate of PDP in Abeokuta South State Constituency 1, whose name was replaced by the party after he had won fair and square at the primaries held at the Centenary Hall, Ake, Abeokuta.

He said that he was surprised that his name wasn't submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and he went to the court where he won the case, adding that the party remained adamant.

"We had our primaries on May 22nd, 2022 at the Centenary Hall, Ake and I was declared the winner at that primaries. The Department of the State Security Service and the police were there, but on getting to INEC, I found out that my name was not submitted at the INEC.

"So, I proceeded to the court, on September 26, Justice G. O Abdul-Malik delivered the ruling and pronounced me the winner. He said PDP should send my name to INEC and that they should publish the name.

"But one month, two months, I did not see the publication on the website of INEC and I proceeded to court again on the contempt of court proceedings. When we got to the court, we saw that INEC had finally published my name on the website on January 30th, 2023.

"On February 8th, 2023, we got a certified true copy of that publication, but to my surprise, few days later, we saw INEC doing another thing and when I investigated it, I saw that the same party was still behind it," Enilolobo stated.

Responding, Governor Abiodun, while congratulating Enilolobo and his team for their courage to dump their former party for the ruling APC, noted that his administration and the APC in the state are law abiding.

"And from what you've said, you have come out of conviction, you have come because of what you stand for, obviously a very principled person. You realized the fact that where you were is not where you should be, you cannot be seen to continue to be at a place where they don't have respect for the rule of law, you can't continue to be at a place where they don't have respect for democratic principles.

The governor who assured Enilolobo and his team that they would be accorded regards, respect and rights they deserve, added that they won't regret their decision.